Rinoa, Kairi, and Snow Villiers are all the same genre of character. Rinoa gets captured a lot because she's so willing to fight and so willing to get in over her head to try and do good in the world. And that's why she's the best!
YES!
I never played XIII (I watched my husband play but it's been awhile and most of what I remember about that game was calling Hope Baby Bowie, and thinking the entire story should have been about Fang and Vanille).
But oh, Rinoa. The whole reason they meet her in the first place is because she wasn't content to sit back and watch things happen, she wanted to take action. And she continues to do so, throughout the whole game. Her responses to things are completely appropriate for her--when she gets terrified at Edea's parade--Squall even says "you aren't ready for this" because she *isn't.* And Irvine gets really freaked out too to the point he almost can't do his job. Quistis disobeys orders and almost screws up the entire mission.
Plus like. They have to rescue Squall inside D-District prison, and then Irvine and Rinoa come rescue the party. Squall has to be rescued from time compression. Rinoa making some dumb choices but that are right for her character and watching her grow in how she makes those choices? Brilliant.
She really is the best. 10/10 agree. <3
